Wonder – The Wonder of Being Alive (Perspective)

- and in particular by bravewarrior - is ‘wonder’ -

• The feeling aroused by something strange and surprising;
• Something that causes feelings of wonder;
• A state in which you want to learn more about something.

Being naive since the day I was born, I tend to go through life in a constant state of wonder. The merest scene can take my breath away.

What is more wondrous than a sunrise and a sunset?

The Sun – a star made of hydrogen and helium with the enormous diameter of ± 1,392,684 km (865,374 miles), orbiting the centre of the Milky Way 150,000,000 km (93,000,000 miles) away from Earth, providing light, warmth and life to us mortals on Earth. Fusing 620 million metric tons of hydrogen each second, its light travels to Earth in only ± 8 minutes and 19 seconds. Seeing it rise every single morning, and set every single evening, keeps me in a trance of wonder.

Also the moon and the stars and everything in the vast universe keeps my jaws dropped in amazement.

Nature, with water, fire, earth and air as the basic elements, keeps me humble and in awe of powers we mortals cannot control. We act as though we have a lien on wisdom until one of these elements forces us time and again back to the drawing board.

“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” - Albert Einstein

“One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.” - Dale Carnegie

“In all things of nature there is something of the marvellous.” - Aristotle

There are many theories about the origin of life, but the most wondrous is the theory that one Creator had made everything out of nothing. So easy to comprehend. Sim-sa-la-bim (hocus pocus), and there it was: Life in all forms and sizes.

Once upon a time I have wrecked my brain in search of the answers of a thousand questions. But ever since I have realized that no answer will change the beauty of life, I use my time and energy to enjoy, admire and appreciate LIFE as it is. I simply allow a new-born baby, or animal, or plant to take my breath away. Seeing it grow, develop and become, delights me. .

Wondrous is the mere fact that another living being has the opportunity to breathe and exist on this awesome planet.

The wonder of life makes being alive a wondrous experience.

This is but only a small part of my perspective on 'wonder'. I can go on and on forever about love and so many other wondrous things that make living a wondrous experience.

The idea behind this series called Perspectives is explained in a hub published by the founder of the group, MickeySr:

• Perspectives: An Introduction
  What we think and how we feel about things is defined, not by the things themselves, but by our perspective of things. Everything that comes before us is filtered through our perception of things...

• Perspective on The Charitable Spirit: Kindness - Generosity - Charity
• Perspective on Knowing Your True Self: Happiness Is a State of Mind
• Perspective on Regrets and Hopes: Living in the Present
• Perspective on Vanity: Vanity and Humility versus Pride and Modesty
• Perspective on Gratitude: Gratitude is an Attitude
• Perspective on Loneliness: An-Indisputable-Emotional-Pain
• Pespective on What You Dont Know: How-many-angels-can-dance-on-the-head-of-a-pin
• Perspective on What-Matters: Life-Matters-By-All-Odds
• Perspective on Art: The-Art-of-Living
• Perspective on Beauty: The-Beauty-in-Ugliness

Marcoujor: A-World-of-Wonder-Perspectives

Vickiw: Wonder-Hmmm-Noun-or-Verb

Bravewarrior: Building-Lifes-Totem-Pole-With-Wonder-at-the-Base

Mickeysr: Wonder-Maintaining-A-Sense-Of-Wonder-In-Our-Lives

Martiecoetser: The-Wonder-of-Being-Alive-Perspective